THEY say you can't have your cake and eat it too. But you can with the help of a little bit of technology.

I had my heart set on going to Splendour in the Grass and seeing Coldplay on Sunday night - that was until my wife planned a family get together to celebrate my son's birthday, mine and my brother in law's.

With Coldplay not hitting the stage until just before 11pm, I quickly resigned myself to giving it a miss.

But after someone pointed out that Virgin Mobile was streaming the last few hours of Splendour for nothing, I thought I might check it out.